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MADISON

Most Famous People Born in Madison, United States

Notable people
567
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1950
Most distinctive
Skater 9.5×
Through the Decades

One face per decade — the most globally famous figure born in Madison during each.

Notable Births by Decade

Click a decade to filter the list below. Peak: 1950s with 80 notable births.

What Madison Is Known For

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Politician is Madison's biggest profession — 13% of all notables (73).

Madison over-indexes on skater — 9.5× the global rate.

Madison under-produces writer — only 0.7× the global rate.

  1. Politician73
  2. Football54
  3. Actor36
  4. Baseball33
  5. Lawyer28
  6. Hockey26
  7. Basket21
  8. Business14
  1. Skater139.5×
  2. Baseball335.1×
  3. Hockey263.9×
  4. Basket212.9×
  5. Lawyer282.8×
  6. Novelist62.7×
  7. Physicist62.5×
  8. Business142.5×
  1. Writer130.7×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Madison's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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Showing 33 of 567 notable people

0030 BASEBALL

Don Newcombe

1926 - 2019

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Pat Neshek

Born 1980

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Kid Nichols

1869 - 1953

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Cory Riordan

Born 1986

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Zane Smith

Born 1960

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Pat Richter

Born 1941

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Mike Gosling

Born 1980

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Gene Brabender

1941 - 1996

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Dale Hackbart

Born 1938

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Ken Frailing

Born 1948

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Oliver Cutts

1873 - 1939

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Corky Withrow

Born 1937

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Ed Barry (baseball)

1882 - 1920

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Charlie Chech

1878 - 1938

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Karl Pagel

Born 1955

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0399 BASEBALL

Lou Mahaffey

1874 - 1949

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Geep Chryst

Born 1962

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Rick Reichardt

Born 1943

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Ben Demott

1889 - 1963

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Sam Harshany

1910 - 2001

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0472 BASEBALL

Carl Yowell

1902 - 1985

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0475 BASEBALL

George Levis

1894 - 1980

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0482 BASEBALL

John Braun

1939 - 2011

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0490 BASEBALL

George Washburn

1914 - 1979

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0494 BASEBALL

Johnny Meador

1892 - 1970

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Phyllis Koehn

1922 - 2007

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Les Bartholomew

1903 - 1972

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Shirley Stovroff

1931 - 1994

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0532 BASEBALL

Bill Lindsay (baseball)

1881 - 1963

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Vern Geishert

Born 1946

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Bruce Christensen

Born 1948

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Bill Southworth

Born 1945

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Archie Ware

1918 - 1990

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